Restoration of vintage carnival rides
I need 5 matching hood ornaments for our restoration project so I attempt to reproduce them with silicone molds and urethane castings.
Silicone Mold Makes a Surprisingly Accurate Vintage Car Part Read More »
Designing and building an oversized steady rest with laser cut parts by OSHCut to fit the 13″ Clausing Colchester lathe.
Steady Rest Build for the Clausing Colchester Lathe Read More »
Digging into the lighting channels- disassembling, cleaning, and making decisions on the future direction I want to pursue.
Carnival Ride Lighting Repair and Restoration Read More »
Trying out the Eastwood Rust Encapsulator on the carnival ride trailer. Is it up to the task of treating 50 years of rust?
Tackling Rust with Eastwood Read More »
Pulling the central drive shaft out of our kiddie carnival ride restoration project. Assessing the damage and creating a game plan for future repairs
Yanking My Shaft- Carnival Ride Repair Read More »
Replacing bearings and seals in the right angle gearbox / speed reducer for our King Amusement Co Supersonic Rocket ride.
Right Angle Gearbox Rebuild Read More »
Creating a fixture to mount my angle grinder in a way that allows me to remove controlled amounts of metal from a shaft that isn’t supposed to be welded.
Stupid Angle Grinder Tricks Read More »
This week I tear apart the electric motor for our King Amusement Company Supersonic Rocket Ride. This is a 1 hp Dayton motor with a centrifugal clutch. It needed new bearings, removal of some internal oxidation, touching up some insulation and a fresh coat of paint. Ran into a problem with the cooling fan though
Rebuilding the King Rocket Ride Motor Read More »
Purchased a Harbor Freight Electric Pressure Washer to see if it could tackle the peeling paint on our carnival ride restoration. This is the 1750 PSI model 63254 / 63255 sold under the Portland brand name. These go on sale from time to time for about $80. This seemed like pretty good value if it
Harbor Freight Electric Pressure Washer Read More »
Beginning to restore a vintage carnival kiddie ride in my backyard. This rocket ride was manufactured by the King Amusement Co in 1972.
Vintage Carnival Ride Restoration Read More »